by Gary Gaffney, MD, Steroid Nation
Here is something to get you up and going this week: Viagra as a performance enhancing drug, on the athletic field, not in the bedroom. Experts in athletic doping like Don Catlin suspected that sildenafil (Viagra) could be used to enhance physciological aspects of athletic performance; the drug increases blood flow to various organs and muscles. Word came out that multi-drug cheat Roger Clemens took Viagra when he took the mound -- pitching mound. Several media outlets now report on viva Viagra, which would not be illegal in sporting events at this point.
Sadly, PED or Viagra use may have led to the demise of a bright NFL prospect -- Heath Benedict. Benedict played college football for a small D-2 South Carolina school, however impressed NFL scouts as a top lineman for the 2008 draft. Benedict died at home in March. Autopsy revealed an enlarged heart, and drugs were found near his body. Two vials -- Viagra and Arimidex (anti-estrogen) and an unknown syringe lay beside him. Speculation centers on the role of toxic PEDs in the athlete's death.
An athlete might take an illegal drug, yet still be able to compete at the Olympic trials. That's what sprinter Justin Gatlin wants to see happen. Following a positive urine test for testosterone in 2006, Gatlin received 4 to 8 years suspension, depending on what agency ruled against him. Earlier in his career Gatlin tested positive for amphetamine, which he said he took for ADHD; however he served a one year suspension nonetheless. When he tested positive for the androgenic drug at the Kansas race, US agencies ruled the sprinter needed to sit out competition for 8 years. The Court of Arbitration for Sports ruled that Gatlin, once the 100M world record holder, should sit for 4 years -- 2006 to 2010. However a judge in Gatlin's home town of Pensacola, Fl issued a restraining order (against whom?) purportedly to allow Gatlin to run in the 2008 Olympics trials now starting in Oregon. More to come on this story -- which is to be expected when legal systems start clashing jurisdictions.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) long ago ruled Human Growth Hormone (HGH) illegal in Olympic type athletic events. That ruling never stopped drug-cheats like Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery from using HGH to cheat competitors. However, new developments continue in the use or misuse of HGH in sports. Researchers look for new biological dog tracks to catch drug-cheats. WADA says new HGH testing may be ready for the Beijing Olympics later this summer. And some even doubt HGH enhances performance.
Veterinarian medicine and drug cheating appeared bust last week. Horsemen appeared on Capitol Hill to testify about the doping of race horses. However, the main protagonist of the horse racing spring -- Rick Dutrow -- pulled up lame before the event. Nonetheless horse jockeys and horseman came out with a statement against steroid doping of horses. In a weird related event, two horsemen long known for their anti-steroid stance feel a colt of theirs was a victim of sabotage when the animal tested positive for clenbuterol, which neither endorses or uses for horses. The trainer -- Larry Jones -- trained Eight Belles the filly who died on the track after the Kentucky Derby.
The other event related to vet medicine occurred in Canada where Julie Coram -- a figure competitor -- tested positive for Equipose -- a horse steroid, boldenone -- along with other androgenic metabolites during an event (photo above). No reactions from jockeys on this horseplay.
Other women in the PED world news this week include several Olympic competitors who will be suspended for the Beijing Olympic Games (and here), and interestingly Greg Anderson's wife. Anderson, as you recall, worked as Barry Bonds steroids and PED source; the bodybuilder spent months in jail rather than turn on Bonds. However, as part of the pressure on Anderson to fess up on the career home run record holder, the IRS appears to be leaning on Nicole Gestas, Anderson's wife.
With all this PED intrigue brweing, Fox Sports came up with a list of sports Top Ten Train Wrecks. Drugs, including steroids look like universal currency for screwed-up human beings, including Jose Canseco. The could have losted Ex-NFL player David Boston, a multi drug, multi-PED abuser.
Lastly, the fake phallus with the bogus urine -- the Whizzinator made the news again. The downfall of one Onterrio Smith -- the disgraced Minnesota Viking running back -- the multi-toned custom-ordered penis facsimile to beat the dope testing made the news this week as competitors pull out all stops for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Monday, June 23, 2008
THE 'ROID REPORT FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 15
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
THE (WET) 'ROID REPORT FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 8
by Gary Gaffney, MD, Steroid Nation
The flood waters rolled in to the Midwest as we at the Steroid Nation struggled to beat these rapid-moving currents on steroids. Luckily the steroid world slowed down for us as we sandbagged our way past the soaked crises.
Speaking of soaked, you wonder what Bud Selig and Don Fehr soaked the night before their Congressional testimony on steroids in 2005. Chairman Henry Waxman appears a bit miffed at the dynamic duo, thinking they fibbed about steroid testing in the early 2000s. Hell hath no fury like a Congressman on a roid rage.
It didn't take long for Big Brown's trainer Rick Dutrow to put the big bay back on the juice again. One loss and the hoss is back on Winny in the flank again. Who says steroid withdrawal didn't have something to do with the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner's Belmont swoon?
Baseball slipped out of the roid spotlight for Big Brown, and all his juiced-up track buddies; however baseball is back. Jose Canseco's lawyer filed a lawsuit against the "Juiced" deadbeat. Just in time for Canseco to be named one of the Top 10 Train Wrecks in Sports, by Fox Sports. How is that for 'Vindication'?
Ex-Oriole, and ex-juicer Jay Gibbons sent out a letter to MLB teams asking for something -- anything -- in terms of a tryout. Considering MLB power seems to be down now that baseball tests a little more rigorously for steroids, one would think Gibbons would get someone to inject him into their organization, but no. Damn you Mitchell Report, damn you.
Although not directly related to the juice, we could not help but note that LSU promoted their 5-6 wide receiver Trindon Holliday as the faster football player ever to strap it on. We suggested they read a little about Bullet Bob Hayes, who was both an Olympic Gold Medal winner in the 100M (10 flat), and an All-Pro NFL receiver with the Dallas Cowboys (number 22 above). Hayes is credited with covering 100M faster than any human who lived --a 8.6 split in the Tokyo 4x400 -- naturally.
See you all next week, high and hopefully dry,
Thursday, June 12, 2008
BIG BROWN AT THE CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON STEROIDS
by DCScrap, on 205th magazine
While Dick Dutrow, Big Brown's trainer, is busy blaming his jockey we all know the real reason Big Brown didn't win... he didn't take his steroids. Since Congressional hearings are the craze in sports we flash forward to Big Brown's Congressional steroids hearing.
Thanks for the vid, Shane.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
THE 'ROID REPORT FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 1
by Gary Gaffney, MD, Steroid Nation
The Movie "Bigger Stronger Faster" opened a couple weeks ago to good critical review. The film looks at the use of anabolic steroids, and the prevalence of cheating in the USA. As if on cue, events deliver more and more material for discussion. Seems that in American if you ain't cheating, you ain't trying.
Track and field appears so traumatized by all the dope-cheating, that fans and press greet a new 100M world record (by Jamaican Usain Bolt) with intense skepticism on the legitimacy of any track record in the steroid era. Skepticism justly earned by recent events including the Gold Medal the USA 400x4 team will be giving back from the Sydney 2000 Olympics. When Antonio Pettigrew admitted a long history of doping, that meant only Michael Johnson appears clean in that USA gold medal Sydney 4x400 team.
Steroid Nation moved on over the past week. A major shock went through the nation when admitted and convicted steroid dealer David Jacobs -- dope dealers to the NFL -- was found dead with his on-off girlfriend Amanda Savell -- a former college tennis player and noted fitness model. Jacobs allegedly dealt juice to former Dallas Cowboy Matt Lehr and perhaps others. Jacobs claimed to be a professor of passing the NFL doping tests with NFL players as willing students.
Jacobs worked out a deal with the Feds, that led to meeting with NFL officials where he gave them some hot info on NFL doping. Did some NFL player bump the steroid dealer off? Was he mobbed-up and in trouble (he commented to ESPN's Shawn Asseal that the people he deals with are "The kinds of people I know about could put a bullet in the back of my head.")?. Was this some love triangle? Or was all the heat coming down simply too much for the convicted felon? The authorities say this was a double wound (gut and head) suicide.
Some of the NFL heat came down yesterday when the league allegedly suspended the Titans LB Ryan Fowler for alleged steroid activity with Jacobs. Fowler spent times on the Cowboy team about the time Lehr did. Where else will this trail lead?
The trail of the Triple Crown led to last place when Big Brown gave out a big whiff at the Belmont Stakes. Speculation about the once dominating horses poor performance nagged the post race debate. Was the horse hurting from a hoof injury? Did the big bay take too much time off.
Our speculation centered on anabolic steroid withdrawal. Trainer Rick Dutrow (now a household name) admitted to monthly Winstrol shots - drug of choice for the disgraced sprinter Ben Johnson. However the last steroid shot came either April 15 or just before the Preakness. Was steroid withdrawal a factor producing fatigue, lack of drive, and lethargy in the dominant winner of the Kentucky Derby?
One more mystery in this 'roided-up world. And, almost on cue, TO -- Terrell Owns -- stopped by to give his blessing to the juice. Seems TO missed an out-of-competition dope test, which means he may be subject to many extra tests during the upcoming season. Always leave it toe TO to upstage everyone else.
Friday, June 6, 2008
HORSE RACING IS FAAAANNNTASTIC!
by WCT, The Ship of Fools
Ok, so go ahead and strike this from the record. I have done a complete 180 on horse racing. I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a fev-ah! And the only prescription, is more horse racing!!
Maybe that was a little over the top, but I am excited about the potential that history could be made at tomorrow’s Belmont Stakes. And for the first time in a while, the race has subplots.
First, two weeks ago, Big Brown’s trainer Richard Dutrow, started popping off about how great his horse was, and how nobody else had a chance in the Belmont (incidentally, is there anything better than a horse trainer talking trash about his horse? Is this supposed to be like bulletin board material that the other horses are supposed to look at?). Dutrow said Big Brown would be in the winner’s circle and the rest of the field would be just getting to the quarter pole. Awesome. Then he went one step further and said that after Big Brown is done dusting the rest of the field in Belmont, he is going to win something called the Travers Stakes in August, and the Breeders’ Cup Classic in October. How can you not love this guy?
Not only that, but then there was the intrigue surrounding this mysterious super-horse from Japan that they (whoever “they” are) have hand-picked to beat Big Brown and flown in for the race. Its almost like this whole story is out of a movie or something.
Then, as if all of those weren’t enough, now we have the mystery of the “cracked hoof,” and how it will affect Big Brown in his pursuit of Horsey Immortality. This caused ESPN to seek out and interview numerous equine podiatrists to get their expert opinion.
(Note: I’m not kidding, they actually interviewed equine podiatrists. I mean, what makes someone want to pursue equine podiatry? Do you love the feet, but hate toes? I don’t know. Ok, back to the post…)
So now, we sit on the eve of what Dutrow calls a “foregone conclusion.” We have the Chad Johnson of horse trainers, bringing an injured (?) horse, into a historic race, against a field that includes a mysterious super-horse from the far east, hand-selected to thwart history. Priceless. So will there be history? Or heartbreak once again? Will Big Brown be just an afterthought who couldn’t get all three legs of the Triple Crown like Smarty Jones and Afleet Alex, or will he join historic horses like Secretariat, or Affirmed (thank you Wikipedia!) on the equine Mount Rushmore? Either way at least it will provide more camera time for jockey Kent Desormeaux’s wife, and that ain’t bad.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
WHAT'D YOU SAY MR. ED?
by Isaac, The World of Isaac
Allow me to delve into the world of horse racing for a minute. Its admittedly a sport I don't understand. And admittedly, a sport I don't care about.
In fact, 99% of Americans don't care about it unless some horse is going for the triple crown. Oh yes, those three races that are supposedly the biggest but yet, not a single person outside of horse racing could tell you where the Preakness or Belmont stakes is located.
But that's not what bothers me about horse racing. That's not what really irks me about this sport.
"On Monday, hoof specialist Ian McKinlay treated the three-quarter inch crack, stitching it up with stainless steel wire. "
Of course, this is in reference to Big Brown, the horse that is going for the Triple Crown. He had a crack in his hoof and he had to get it fixed, so they called
A Hoof Specialist
What exactly does a hoof specialist do? Do they just focus on horses hoofs, or can they do donkeys and stuff too(That's what she said)?
And aside from the utter hilarity of telling people that you're a "hoof specialist", I found this line from Big Brown's trainer amusing
"He might look better."
Um, wait can we back up for a second here. You're telling me that a horse cracked his hoof and he got some stainless steel wire attached to it and he looks better?
Again, I'm no horse expert but isn't a hoof the equivalent of a human foot? I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt that if I cracked my foot and somebody attached wires to it, I probably wouldn't go around telling people I looked better....
But to me, this is the kicker. This is the ultimate in stupid sh** from horse racing
"I felt him going to the track was not only good for his conditioning, but also good for his mind," Dutrow said of his decision to get to the track earlier rather than wait a day. "He's been kind of aggravated. He don't know why he's not going to the track. He just doesn't understand why he's not doing it. And we can't explain it to him. So we let him go out there today and take the edge off of him. He's just getting too rough around the barn."
It seems that the trainer has confused reality with the Mr. Ed show.
The horse can't talk. The best Big Brown can do as far as communication is concerned is maybe nod his head or make a sound. Hell, I'll even accept him taking a huge dump as him telling you that last nights dinner wasn't acceptable.
So I don't know how you conjured up any of that stuff. "He was aggravated and we can't explain it to him"
You can't explain it to him because he's a horse you dipsh**.
As far as being rough around the barn, I would feel remissed if I didn't add the most obvious cliche to it. I mean, its almost like you are begging people to say....
"So there was some horseplay going on in the barn?"
Yes, I know, awful.
Monday, May 12, 2008
THE 'ROID REPORT FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 4
by Gary Gaffney, MD, Steroid Nation
So apparently chicks dig guys on 'roids? Despite the testicular shrinkage?
The Rocket -- Roger Clemens -- appears to be engaged in frequent blast offs with a variety of women much to the delight of the federal agents, and Brian McNamee's attorneys. Both the Feds and the private-eyes continue to investigate Clemens for various reasons. The Feds are interested in possible perjury during Clemens's congressional testimony; Clemens's harems dishes up more potential witnesses with 'intimate knowledge' of the Rocket's private workings. McNamee's lawyers will be looking for evidence to discredit the Rocket's defamation suit against his ex-trainer.
What constitutes worse cheating - HGH use, or a tryst with John Daly's ex-wife?
Speaking of females and studs, a stud and a female made the news last weekend at Churchill Downs when stud Big Brown finished first ahead of the second place filly Eight Belles. Unfortunately controversy will continue long after the horses crossed the finish line. Big Brown's trainer is an advocate of illicit drugs, some like bute and clenbuteral in his horses. Meanwhile the filly was euthanized on the track as she agonized in pain following bilateral ankle fractures. As the filly's trainer waits for the postmortem toxicology analysis of his horse, other voices around the country are bemoaning the doping of race horses with drugs like anabolic steroids. They see the illegal drugs as one factor in the premature track deaths of dozens of horses during and after races.
NFL players closely watch a developing scandal in Dallas as the purveyor of PEDs to at least one ex-Cowboy lineman -- Matt Lehr -- received a suspended sentence. Steroid distributor Dave Jacobs claims intimate knowledge of NFL dopes and doping, including teaching players how to evade the dope tests. Will this information ever come out? Not if the NFL Player's Association manages the deal; Mike Ditka and a doctor friend say the NFLPA cannot even take care of disabled NFL veterans. Wait until the current crop of juiced pro football players retires; doctors already speculate the injury rate is growing among current juiced players faster then their bench press numbers rise.
Turning to baseball, San Francisco Giants catcher Eliezer Alfonso will be serving a 50 game suspension for PED use; one source claims Winstrol was the culprit. Two other former MLB players showed paradoxical career trajectories: Lenny Dykstra and Jose Canseco. Dykstra, know for steroid use gambling and fighting, now specializes in giving advice on juicy investment gambles. Canseco should have listened to Dykstra: the ex-MLB slugger let his California house go into bank repossession. We suggest that Caneseco's next book be called "Foreclosure".
Before we leave baseball we note that the mayor of Floral Park New York says Babe Ruth would have injected steroids, if they were available. In fact anabolic steroids were initially rolling out of the laboratory about the time the Babe wound the baseball career down. We projected the Babe would have stayed ahead of Busted Barry Bonds with a short course of nandrolone, followed by HGH (oops not yet synthesized in the 1930s).
In other sports, Steroid Nation notes Bulgaria's female tennis pro Sesil Karatantcheva -- the tattooed and juiced phenom -- returned to action this season following a steroid suspension. However, American sprinter Tim Montgomery probably won't be returning to action, or the streets, soon. In the past Montgomery found himself intertwined with BALCO steroids; he now faces sticky federal charges of heroin distribution. The former 100M world record holder, and ex-husband of disgraced sprinter Marion Jones, was denied bail in Virginia where he awaits disposition of his case.
We end this report as we started - chick and 'roids. German hockey player Florian Busch claims he engaged in an 'intimate moment' with his girlfriend when doping agents came looking for a urine donation. Busch completed his work at home, then later produced copious amounts of clean urine. Talk about icing -- the dope testers show up during some romance.
That's all for this week's roid report. We advise avoiding a harem of women that might present complications later, paying one's mortgage on time, and checking both sides of the street for dope testers before getting busy with the girlfriend.
Friday, May 2, 2008
IS THE KENTUCKY DERBY STILL A BIG EVENT?
by WCT, The Ship of Fools
Sports fans over the age of 70 will tell anyone who is willing to listen that in their day, the three biggest sports were Baseball, Boxing, and Horse Racing. Today's sports landscape looks much different.
Baseball, while no longer the biggest and most popular sport in the nation, is still alive and well and setting attendance records, despite daily stories of players taking performance-enhancing drugs, players doing ridiculous things off the field, and, well, players who are alleged to have done both.
Boxing, if not dead, is most assuredly on life support, thanks to the lack of stars in the heavyweight division, the convoluted system of authorities and dozens of championship belts, the emergence of mixed martial arts as an alternative, and the abundance of bizarre match-ups like this Saturday, when the sports biggest (and most overrated) star Oscar De La Hoya, takes on Steve Forbes.
Just for clarification, that's De La Hoya versus this Steve Forbes:
and not this Steve Forbes
(If you are at a party this Saturday, I promise you that joke will be driven into the ground, so make sure you get it in first.)
So where does that leave horse racing? For 90% of us, the horse racing "season" consists of three Saturdays: Tomorrow, two weeks from tomorrow at the Preakness, and next month's Belmont Stakes. And depending on the winner of the Preakness, it may only consist of two Saturdays. Most casual race fans pay little if any attention to the Breeder's Cup, or any of the other events that keep my neighborhood OTBs packed wall-to-wall.
If we were to have a legitimate horse make a run at a triple crown, maybe horse racing would be big again. Remember Smarty Jones? Who wasn't wrapped up in his '04 run after Derby and Preakness wins, only to see him lose in the Belmont and break the hearts of thousands of suffering Philadelphia fans who had jumped on his bandwagon. What about '03 Derby and Preakness winner Funny Cide? And in '06 I think we all remember where we were when Derby winner and apparent triple crown shoo-in Barbaro injured his leg. But last year's big three races came and went without much fanfare, and without an overwhelming favorite to get casual race fans excited, this year looks like it will be no different.
Without the emergence of a super-horse leading up to the event, the first Saturday in May sort of snuck up on us this year. Here is a question: can any of you who is not either A) a serious horse racing aficionado, B) a degenerate gambler, or C) a little of both; name even two horses competing in this year's Derby? Are there any horses in the field that are poised to make a serious run at ending the longest triple crown drought in horse racing history? If so, I haven't heard anything about it. Granted, horse racing will probably never regain its popularity from decades ago, but is there any storyline that is going to end this sport's slow deterioration into obscurity?
Personally, I doubt it, but I would love to see it happen, because I would hate for what used to be one of the biggest days in sports to turn into just another excuse for people to dress like idiots, drink themselves retarded, and gamble away their mortgage payments. Everyone knows that kind of behavior is reserved for Saturdays and Sundays during the fall.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
FINALLY, A HORSE THAT STANDS FOR SOMETHING
by Eric Horowitz, ShakedownSports
Last week the $500,000 Spinster Stakes was held in Lexington, Kentucky. The race was won by an up-and-coming 3-year-old filly. The horse's name? Panty Raid.
Apparently, instead of going with the standard name-alliteration or clever two word sentence, these owners decided to name their horse after ... well ... let's let Urban Dictionary help us out here.
Panty RaidThat just doesn't seem like the kind of thing a person would want to name their horse after---or even admit to taking part in. Perhaps the owner is just a big fan of the famous 1952 University of Michigan panty raid. Whatever the reason, one thing is for sure. If Panty Raid has to be put down after a tragic injury, I don't think there's much chance of him following in Barbaro's footsteps by becoming a saint and going off to heaven to hang out with Jesus.
The art or practice of someone stealing (even if momentarily) a pair of worn panties from a hot girl he/she knows. Usually for self-gratification purposes.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
WIN, PLACE, OR BLOW
by Stamos, Brahsome
While we usually reserve gambling stories for our resident Brahsome handicapper Fancypants, we couldn't wait for his take here. Dona Chepa, a 9 year old mare from Puerto Rico, lost it's 125th straight race Wednesday, breaking the 24 year old record formerly held by Australian horse Ouroene. Dona Chepa, which we can only assume translates loosely to "Holy Sh*t, I'm Slow", has career earnings totalling $12,921 despite finishing out of the money altogether in 90 of the 125 races. Born from a long line of champion horses, Dona Chepa came closest to victory in May of 2003 when she finished 2nd.
Dona Chepa's streak got us thinking about the greatest all-time losers.
We decided to select the biggest losers from baseball, football, basketball, and boxing. We refused to do hockey because, well, all hockey teams are losers. Here are the results:
Baseball- 1962 New York Mets. With a winning percentage of .250, they have the 4th worst single season record of all time. However, we chose them for two reasons- one, no one that reads this can possibly remember the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, the 1916 Philadephia A's, or the 1935 Boston Braves- and two, Stamos loves the Mets. The Mets would turn things around, though, and win the World Series just 7 years later.
Football- 1976 Tampa Bay Bucs. Well this was too easy. While going 0-14, The Bucs were shut out five times and averaged fewer than nine points per game. Their defense didn't help any, as their margin of defeat was 20 points per game. Tampa Bay's quarterback, The 'Ol Ball Coach, threw only seven touchdown passes all season while completing no passes over 36 yards. The Bucs carried their losing ways into the following year, losing another 12 to begin their franchise history with 26 straight Ls.
Basketball- 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers. Despite having arguably the greatest team of all time, featuring Wilt Chamberlain, Hal Greer, and Billy Cunningham, and setting the then record for single season wins just 6 years earlier, this 76ers team was dreadful. They had losing streaks of 15 and 20 games in the same season. Following the 20 game skid, the team record was 4-58 and they'd lost 34 of 35 games. They finished the season with a 9-73 record, a cool 59 games behind the division leading Celtics.
Boxing- Bruce "The Mouse" Strauss. You might stumble across Strauss' record and not feel he deserves this distinction: 76 wins, 53 losses and 5 draws (ties), with 54 knockout wins and 28 knockout losses. However, when you discover that he also fought under the alias of Ruben Bardot, it's estimated he may have lost over 150 fights by knockout. He's also been knocked out on every continent except the North Pole, and holds the record for shortest fight ever- 11 second KO in the 1st round, including the 10 count.
Think we made a bad choice or omitted a bigger loser? Holla back in the comments section or shoot us an e-mail at blog@brahsome.com
(Originally published 9/20)
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Around the International Sporting World
by Kyle Smith, Doberman On The Diamond
As American sports fans, we usually have little regard for what the rest of the world is doing athletically. However, there are sports outside of the United States, and nations around the globe are just as passionate about their teams as we are about ours. We simply care about different sports than they do.
With that said, let's take a look at some of the more interesting things happening in the world of international sports.
- There are a number of certainties in life: death, taxes and coaches banging underage athletes. BadJocks.com has made a living off of those type of stories. Well, it seems like that isn't solely an American problem. Australian Olympic swimming coach Mark Thompson was charged with 11 counts of "sexual penetration of a child under 16," for having his way with an 11 year old boy he coached.
Sexual penetration. Well, one thing's for sure - there is no gray area in regards to what the crime is. Here, we have terms like sodomy or molestation. Not the Aussies. They get right to the point.
- Baseball has brought love to Shanghai. It seems the love of Japanese baseball brought the insanely gorgeous Asian pop star Koda Kumi(pictured) and Masahiro Nakai, who is a member of Japanese boy band SMAP. A Shanghai paper had this to say about them:
"Baseball is one of their favourite topics. He is a big fan of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team and once dreamt of becoming a professional baseballer, while she joined a baseball club in junior high school."
- Serbian soccer fans? They're kinda racist. Okay, they're a lot racist.
- Zimbabwe soccer coaches got into a fight with one another. Then apologized. Sort of.
"Moroka Swallows' coach, Ian Gorowa has apologised for assaulting Supersport United's coach, Gavin Hunt. 'I wish to make it clear that I do not condone unsporting behaviour ... I do feel it to be a bit unfair that I am being portrayed as the sole guilty party; Gavin Hunt has been a head coach for some time now and and will understand that actions such as telephoning my players in the week before the match, not shaking my hand before the game and swearing at me and my players during the game was not going to lead to a serene atmosphere.'"
- If you were planning on buying a thoroughbred from Australia, you should probably hold off on that. Seems there is a flu outbreak among equine down under.
- There's nothing spectacularly interesting about this story, except the headline that was chosen.
- The Scots have had enough with all the cheating going on in sports.
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